Junji Ito’s horror TV anime will air January 2018

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Junji Ito’s (伊藤潤二) career, the mangaka announced a TV anime adaption of his manga collection earlier. Today, the show finally annouced that the premiere date is January 2018.

A new visual is also released today, confirming the title to be Ito Junji Collection (伊藤潤二『コレクション』). Characters from Fashion Model, Oshikiri idan, Tomie, Souichi’s Diary of Delights, Lovesick Dead, and Slug Girls can be seen in the picture below.

Diabolik Lovers’ director Shinobu Tagashira is directing the anime and designing the characters for it. It is currently in production at Studio Deen.